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Chronicles of Nalani, My Path to Purpose
Stories of love, loss, and healing on my journey of horse rescue
Written by Cherry Tapley


Cherry Tapley
Nov 4, 20246 min read
Stories....and what I've learned from Silver
We all have a life story, don’t we? And it's not always the same story we tell ourselves. Take Silver’s story. Bred to race, she entered...
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cherrytapley
Jun 28, 20243 min read
Becoming interruptible
I haven’t written anything “bloggish” in a while because I have been focusing all of my writing energy on my book. I think often we are...
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cherrytapley
Dec 10, 20235 min read
Out on a limb...
Following a “calling” isn’t supposed to be easy. It often requires you to step into something that is at best uncomfortable and in many...
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cherrytapley
Sep 14, 20235 min read
Angel's story. When one door closes....
Angel, the skeletal horse we rescued from the New Holland Sales Stable on a freezing November day quickly became everyone’s favorite on...
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cherrytapley
Mar 5, 20233 min read
Loving and Letting go...
As I pulled into the parking lot of the feed store today, the McCauley’s logo caught my eye and the image of the feed bags from Lincoln’s...
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cherrytapley
Jan 29, 20233 min read
A New Thing
The freezing rain outside has now turned to regular rain. Just plain cold rain. I'm sitting inside with my foot propped up on a pillow as...
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cherrytapley
Jul 23, 20225 min read
The X-ray
Life lessons come in the strangest ways. This week, I got two big ones from an X-ray. When we rescue horses from the auction, they go...
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cherrytapley
Jul 14, 20221 min read
A soft heart is a brave heart...
Teddy…. we often call him “Princess Teddy” because he is so sensitive. He gets cold easily and is often the only horse needing a blanket....
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cherrytapley
Jul 13, 20223 min read
The many lives of Tony...
When Tony first arrived at Nalani, he wasn’t what I was expecting. I knew he had been a show jumper and recently a school master, so I...
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cherrytapley
Feb 6, 20224 min read
A Tribute to Lincoln...
It’s been just over a week, and I still instinctively look for Lincoln as I drive into the farm towards the paddock. His dark green feed...
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Cherry Tapley
Dec 10, 20211 min read
Hip Tag #695..."There is a voice that doesn't use words. Listen." ~ Rumi
Hip Tag #695….he has a freezebrand, so I was able to look him up and learn that he was foaled in PA, changed hands multiple times, and...
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Cherry Tapley
Dec 10, 20211 min read
"Mr. Scott"...the one we couldn't leave behind.
...The pony with no hip tag because he was declared “unfit” to go through the sale. Liz zeroed in on him early on, but without a hip tag...
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Cherry Tapley
Dec 10, 20212 min read
Hip Tag #690...Dead Horse Walking
Hip Tag #690. We had just entered the auction, hadn’t even checked in; we were doing a quick walk-through when she was rushed down the...
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Cherry Tapley
Nov 5, 20211 min read
Hope Lives Here...
Life is so full of surprises. Hope went unnoticed at the auction…she was 100 percent on her way to slaughter, but when I found out she...
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Cherry Tapley
Feb 14, 20211 min read
"I know for sure that love saves me..."
Sophie, our Christmas Miracle rescue has found her forever Valentine. I posted earlier today a quote from Maya Angelou. “I know for sure...
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Cherry Tapley
Dec 9, 20202 min read
Double the Blessings
As I was cleaning and sterilizing from the auction today, I dug this out of my pocket; my bidding sheet. This is how you keep track of...
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Cherry Tapley
Nov 18, 20204 min read
Mosby's Story
“Some horses will test you, some horses will teach you, and some will bring out the best in you”... Mosby was the horse we saved from the...
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Cherry Tapley
Nov 1, 20203 min read
It's More Than a Coincidence...
I often get asked where I find the horses I rescue. The answer is they always find me. Abercrombie found me on week two of recovering...
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Cherry Tapley
Oct 11, 20203 min read
What's Meant To Be Will Always Find Its Way
When I first met Remi, I wondered how such a young horse ended up at an ‘end of the line’ auction. He was only 5 years old and had a...
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Cherry Tapley
Dec 20, 20193 min read
A "Flashy" Future
Once upon a time, there was a baby horse full of promise. Kentucky bred and born, foaled out of "Flashy Future", how could he not have a...
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